Aim: To expand the treatment options in paediatric Gorham-Stout syndrome (GSS) when conventional therapy is ineffective.
Method: Two children with biopsy confirmed GSS, a rare disorder with progressive lymphangiomatosis, were treated with a combination of interferon-α-2b, low anticoagulant, low molecular weight heparin, radiotherapy and surgery.
Results: The combined therapy resolved the symptoms in the acute phase, and both patients have since been free of symptoms for >2 years.
Conclusion: The successful addition of a low anticoagulant, low molecular weight heparin (tafoxiparin) to the treatment protocol in two paediatric cases of the GSS may justify the use of this approach in similar cases.
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